"We're aware of the issue and are working to resolve it as quickly as possible," Jeep's head of brand communications, Todd Goyer, told auto blog Jalopnik.

As of early Tuesday afternoon, the Jeep account seemed to be restored.

Gizmodo is pointing at a New England man as the possible person behind the attacks on Jeep and Burger King. The man has social media accounts under the name iThug, which was tweeted by the Burger King and Jeep accounts when they were hacked.